Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-06-03
hardest are killed OF very early. But

wild state. to which he is adapted. The
skillful breeder has developed an OPP
poste set of quail ties, early maturity
and tendency to fstten easily. He has
done this by taking from the pig for
many generations all trouble or care
about his shelter or subsistence. The
result is breed to which good shelter
and plenty of feed at all times are
especially necessary, and without
which they may not thrive so well as
those hogs less carefully bred.
SOWING HEAVY SEED.
For all kinds of grain the heaviest
seed that can be obtained will produce
the best results. In fact, with Spring
grain, oats or barley. SOW ng plump,
large seed is necessity, to prevent it
from running out in our hot, dry eli
mate. In many localities seed oats
have to be renewed every few years
by importations from Europe. our ma
tive kinds dete riorating so rap div.
This depreciation of quality and yield
may be prevented by thorough grading
of seed. rejecting all except the larg-
est and heaviest Not SO much of
this graded grain will be required to
seed an acre, for the reason that every
kernel will produce strong plant.
while with ungraded seed much Will
not grow, or if it does, will only be in
the way of that which should make
the crop. If in any event we set our
produce from one-half, and often from
less. OF the seed sown. what object
can there be in literally throwing away
the remainder? The light grain
thrown out in grading seed is worth
more as feed than for anything else.
SEEDING WITH OATS.
There is general belief among farm
ers that oats are not SO good TO seed
with as other grains. For one reason
they are sown later and on poorer land
than Spring wheat or barley. The oat
crop receives less attention than any
other, and its seed is often covered
with clods not mellowed down as would
be deemed necessary for other grains.
1t also remains on the ground one to
three weeks longer than barley sown
at the same time, and the later growth
comes at the most trying time for young
clover or timothy. The farmers who
seed with oats generally lack faith, and
do not lavish their seed so literally as
those who sow other grains. Unless
man has faith and hope in what he is
dong it is scarcely possible for him to
do anything well. Sow at least peck
of clover seed if sowD alone, or six
quarts Of timothy seed is also sown,
and seeding with oats will almost GER
tainly be success. The probability
that some grass seed will fail with this
crop is surely no reason for seeding
more sparingly with il than with others.
CoRNsTALKs ~ STRING.
There is little value in dried corn
stalks late in the season. especially
when they have been kept dry through
Winter. The repeated freezing to
which our winter climate subjects them
drives out all the natural juices of the
plant, leaving little except woody fibre.
Early in the season they are better feed
and il is therefore advisable to feed
early, reserying fodder which deterior-
ates less until late in the season. When
Spring approaches stock begins to
banker after fresh feed, and VIII not
eat stalks SO readily IA either hay or
straw. Where many arc left on hand
in the Spring, il NAV be worth while to
keep them over sometimes, though they
are such a refuge for rat and mice
that generally as good use as can be
made is to throw them out as mulch
for some trees that are not to be plow-
ed around during the Summer. Whole
corn stalks lying loose are very hard to
cover with II plow, and they decay
slowly in dry land during Summer,
hav ne tendency to make the land
dryer than ever. Burn ng old corn
stalks loses all their value, except for
the small amount of ashes they con-
tain, and should not be adopted until
they have served one seasons use as
mulch. BY this time much of its sub
stance will be dissolved by rains and
carried into the sol. american Cult